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Join Websleuths Radio for the final discussion of THE KILLING SEASON
with Josh Zemam, Rachel Mills and special guests including Bob Kolker author of Lost Girls

On Monday, detectives bone fragments believed to be part of a human spine, though the gender was unkown. A day later, a human skull was uncovered after the water had receded, and on Wednesday, detectives found part of a cell phone and articles of clothing along with additional human remains, including a femur.

"Nothing has been removed from the lake at this point. As I said evidence is the top priority. We are taking this as a methodical approach. There is no hurry."
The draining will take a least another day and removing evidence will take them at least into the weekend.
Investigators told us, there was no trauma to the skull at first glance. It is still unclear if there is more than one body in the lake bed and the identity will not be confirmed until additional lab tests can be conducted.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Bones may help solve a 2-year-old mystery in Orange County in the search for two missing people. Crews may have found more than bones in an Apopka lake, and only WFTV has learned there may now be a second person of interest in the case.

A crime website quoting an unnamed investigator also claims a cell phone was found during the search that is the same kind Chris George last had in his possession, but at this point investigators say they don't want to talk about that; nor will they talk about the skull.

Tracy Ocasio was last seen on surveillance video leaving a bar in Orlando, Florida. James Hataway was the last known person to see the 27-year-old young woman alive.

The two had met at a bar just a week before she disappeared. She had not hung out with him outside the bar until the night she disappeared when she gave him a ride home. Hataway told police Tracy dropped him off at home and then she left. Tracy’s car, a yellow Chevy Cobalt, was found the same afternoon after she was last seen abandoned blocks away from Hataway’s home. While Tracy’s purse was in the car – her keys, cell phone, and id were gone. Hataway has been named a suspect in Tracy’s disappearance and police confirm he took a polygraph but failed “miserably”. Where is Tracy Ocasio?

Bones Exposed At Apopka Lake Search Scene
Crews were back out Thursday searching an Apopka lake for clues about two missing people. (02/24/11)

APOPKA, Fla. -- Police investigators said Thursday afternoon that a missing man's wallet was found at the scene where bones were being unearthed from a partially drained Apopka lake.

It looks like they've found the remains of Chris George, who disappeared two years ago down a dirt road near Lake Carter (see map). Investigators say the bones they found all week are from a male body, and they've found other personal items, such as jewelry that George's mother has identified.

Investigators also said that a wallet with Chris George's ID inside it and a cell phone matching the one he had were both found at the scene at Lake Carter. Thursday afternoon, police said they are not going to stop looking for missing woman Tracy Ocasio in the lake.

My thoughts in regards to finding Tracy.....they need to go back and re-search Lake Bennett, not far from JH's home. This is the same Lake that a boot was found that was thought to be Tracy's & 4 different cadavar dogs hit on something near the shore. They did search before but found nothing.......I think they need to start draining it!

Bones Exposed At Apopka Lake Search Scene
Crews were back out Thursday searching an Apopka lake for clues about two missing people. (02/24/11)

APOPKA, Fla. -- Police investigators said Thursday afternoon that a missing man's wallet was found at the scene where bones were being unearthed from a partially drained Apopka lake.

It looks like they've found the remains of Chris George, who disappeared two years ago down a dirt road near Lake Carter (see map). Investigators say the bones they found all week are from a male body, and they've found other personal items, such as jewelry that George's mother has identified.

Investigators also said that a wallet with Chris George's ID inside it and a cell phone matching the one he had were both found at the scene at Lake Carter. Thursday afternoon, police said they are not going to stop looking for missing woman Tracy Ocasio in the lake.

My thoughts in regards to finding Tracy.....they need to go back and re-search Lake Bennett, not far from JH's home. This is the same Lake that a boot was found that was thought to be Tracy's & 4 different cadavar dogs hit on something near the shore. They did search before but found nothing.......I think they need to start draining it!

I thoroughly agree about Lake Bennett and the need to re-search and drain it...

"The opinion prevailed among advanced minds that it was time that belief should be replaced increasingly by knowledge; belief that did not itself rest on knowledge was superstition, and as such had to be opposed." - Albert Einstein

I hope they find her for the parents sake. FL has so many women missing and a lot of them were last seen with someone they knew. Pretty soon we will need our own web site for these women, dedicated to just searches done for FL woman. I guess these men are getting smarter and getting away with murder.

Prayers of peace for Tracy and her family. No parent should wonder where their child is even for one night.

"The opinion prevailed among advanced minds that it was time that belief should be replaced increasingly by knowledge; belief that did not itself rest on knowledge was superstition, and as such had to be opposed." - Albert Einstein

"The opinion prevailed among advanced minds that it was time that belief should be replaced increasingly by knowledge; belief that did not itself rest on knowledge was superstition, and as such had to be opposed." - Albert Einstein